merjet Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Rationality & the Reflective Mind #1 Rationality & the Reflective Mind #2 Ayn Rand wrote a little about the tie between volition and thought. This book has much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Rationality & the Reflective Mind #3. The main topic is "executive functioning." Rationality & the Reflective Mind #4. The main topic is mind wandering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Rationality & the Reflective Mind #5 Rationality & the Reflective Mind #6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Coffey Critiques Kant #1 Coffey Critiques Kant #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Coffey Critiques Kant #3 Coffey Critiques Kant #4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 On 9/5/2016 at 6:52 AM, merjet said: Coffey Critiques Kant #1 Coffey Critiques Kant #2 Space is what keeps everything happening in the same place Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 On 9/10/2016 at 8:24 AM, BaalChatzaf said: Space is what keeps everything happening in the same place Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. Gibberish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Coffey Critiques Kant #3 Coffey Critiques Kant #4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 1 hour ago, merjet said: Gibberish. Humor. But you would not get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 1 hour ago, BaalChatzaf said: Humor. But you would not get that. You once said you don't do humor. I agree. --Brant who is laughing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Ba’al wrote, “Space is what keeps everything happening in the same place. Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.” Did you mean “not happening in the same place? Let me try my hand at gibberish (valley girl talk and jokes of confusion) . OMG! Did you mean things can happen in different places at the same time? And the same things can happen simultaneously in different places? Things could happen in the same place at different times. I’ve seen it happen. And is space defined as the size of an electron, or the size of an atom, on up to the size of The Mall of America? I suppose the smallest thing in existence is the smallest, occupied space in existence since space needs something in it to be space. Like a clothing store. Even a vacuum can’t be space if there is no “existent,” anywhere . I can’t imagine existence being without things in it. For time to pass it needed to start at some time, which is why I like the idea of a big bang, and I’m not suggesting anything you creep. Can you define time, without using the word time? What’s over the horizon, in a cosmological sense? What if space is curved and existence too? Stuff like that is Weird. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Peter said: Ba’al wrote, “Space is what keeps everything happening in the same place. Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.” Did you mean “not happening in the same place? Let me try my hand at gibberish (valley girl talk and jokes of confusion) . OMG! Did you mean things can happen in different places at the same time? And the same things can happen simultaneously in different places? Things could happen in the same place at different times. I’ve seen it happen. And is space defined as the size of an electron, or the size of an atom, on up to the size of The Mall of America? I suppose the smallest thing in existence is the smallest, occupied space in existence since space needs something in it to be space. Like a clothing store. Even a vacuum can’t be space if there is no “existent,” anywhere . I can’t imagine existence being without things in it. For time to pass it needed to start at some time, which is why I like the idea of a big bang, and I’m not suggesting anything you creep. Can you define time, without using the word time? What’s over the horizon, in a cosmological sense? What if space is curved and existence too? Stuff like that is Weird. Peter quantum mechanically a thing (small enough thing) can be in two places at once with the same probability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 Coffey: Senses and Intellect #1 Coffey: Senses and Intellect #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Coffey: Senses and Intellect #3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 Coffey: Primary and Secondary Qualities #1 Coffey: Primary and Secondary Qualities #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Coffey: Primary and Secondary Qualities #3 Coffey: Primary and Secondary Qualities #4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Natural History of Human Thinking #1 A Natural History of Human Thinking #2 Election 2016 TV show about North Korea Why Did Trump Win? Interview with Thomas Sowell Job creation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 Investment Or Durable Good? #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 Affordable Housing This post will compare two affordable housing programs, one by the government and one in the private sector. Pied Piper Finance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Investment Or Durable Good? #2 The Carrier Deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Cafe SocietyThe Golden Triangle-Yokohama Deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Cafe Society was a hoot. Sometimes Woody Allen is sufficiently witty that I can forgive him for being a Dirty Old Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Trump’s Impulsive Tariffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Presidents do not set tariffs. Congress does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 On 12/3/2016 at 2:40 PM, merjet said: Pied Piper Finance? In China, Trump-Style Infrastructure Partnerships Are Used to Hide Debt The link may allow the reader to see only a little of the article online, but here are some excerpts. Quote The 400-foot JinQing Harbor Bridge under construction in this small seaside city [Wenling, China] is being financed not by bank loans or bonds but by a Chinese twist on the public-private partnerships that the president-elect has proposed to fund infrastructure projects in the U.S. The city, like many in China, faces budget constraints after years of expansion amid warnings from central authorities that debt is already too high. So to pay for the $1.2 billion highway project that includes the new bridge, Wenling’s government teamed up with Bank of China Ltd. to create an “industrial fund” that pulls in money from ordinary investors. Ultimately, the city is on the hook to pay back the money with a preset return. Critics of the structure say it is merely a way of disguising debt to pile more obligations on already straining government entities. .............. “We’re seeing continued proliferation of off-balance-sheet channels to help banks extend and mask credit,” said Jack Yuan, a Shanghai-based analyst at Fitch Ratings. “Much of this is going to infrastructure and other local government projects, sometimes in the guise of funding for public-private partnerships.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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